Another day closer to Friday. My underarm is a bit sore tonight. The tech told me today that my skin looks really good. I asked him by what comparison because to me it was quite red. He said from what they see, I was looking great. And only 17 more scaldings to go. I didn't get my nap in when I got home, but I sure was tired. Things to do. I am headed to be so hopefully I will get a good night sleep. I am glad tomorrow is Friday and I will be able to rest this weekend. I have heard from a few people that they have passed on my blog site to others that have recently been diagnosed or effected by breast cancer. My prayers go out to you. If you are just at the beginning stages, just take one day at a time. Handle only what you have to at the time. The last 5 months have gone faster than I ever thought they would. You don't really think it will when you first start out, but I am amazed at how far I have come in just a short time. As my mom used to say, this too shall pass, and I believe that it will.

Happy hump day. Good day, although got up a little late this morning. I have been a bit tired. I got a lot done at work and was ready to go at 5. My under arm was a little sore this afternoon after treatment. There is definately skin changes under the arm. I just hope it doesn't get too bad over the next 3 weeks. Tomorrow is the 1/2 way mark. I came home from work and took a nap for almost 2 hours. Not much else this evening. I'll be glad when the week is over.

Amazingly enough today is my 150th post. Hard for me to believe. It started out like any other day, as I expected it to. Made it to 1:00 to head to my radiation appt. Got in and out fairly quickly, but also needed to see the Doc. Didn't take him long. He said everything looked as it should and felt my skin was reacting well and didn't think I would burn too bad. Today was #15 and I have 19 more to go. Almost 1/2 way done. On top of that, I am on the down hill with chemo. So, on my way back to work I got a call from my sister in law who usually picks up Nick from school on Tues. He stays late for ROTC. He had called her and said his knee was bothering him and it dislocated earlier. So I called him to see what was up. He said it probably needed to be looked at. Called the doctor and was able to get him in within 40 min. So a u-turn to pick him up and get him to doctor. Basically it did not dislocate. I think he has knees problems like I did. His knee cap moves off to the side when he straightens his leg and as a teenager he will start to have soreness in the knees anyway. So, nothing major to do other than exercises that will help stregthen it and possible knee brace. Back to work with the both of us and stayed about an hour later. Then home only long enough to change and go to scouts. I wasn't planning on staying. I wanted to come home and nap. I stayed long enough to be needed and ended up not getting home until after 9. Watched a couple shows and now ready to hit the hay. It's always something. Never a dull moment and just when you think you have it planned, you can't plan on it. Let's see what tomorrow will bring.

Happy Monday. I was a little late getting up today. I was a bit tired. Went to work then had radiation at 1:00. After that was chemo at 2. It took the port a few minutes to start working but it finally worked. Got done early today (about 4) and headed home.. Fell asleep for about an hour, went to Verizon one more time (got son a new phone), came home and had some pasta and ready for bed. Everything seemed to go fine today other than being tired. I have 5 more chemo treatments and 20 more radiation treatments. Things are moving along but I am ready for it to be over. I've had enough and I'm over it. Anyway I know I will soon be reporting that I am finally finished but until then I get to moan and groan over it and speak my dislike. Glad Monday has come to an end. Until tomorrow - night night.

Another Sunday comes to an end. That means another week of treatment to face. Slept in and hung out until dropping my son off to sell popcorn for scouts. Came home and watched football and of course, fell asleep. Seems to be the thing I do. Picked up my son, came home and watched more football and of course fell asleep. Glad there is at least 2 days on the weekend for me to do nothing but sleep. Physically I feel fine. I seem to be eating more than I need to, which my doctor said is normal. Gotta feed me body since chemo is killing it. Mentally I am doing well. I try to stay positive and put myself in situations where I am around positive vibes. I take one day at a time and check it of the calendar and know I am one day closer to being done with treatment. I am ready to take on the week and what ever it may bring. And I am ready for bed.

Well, it is officially Sunday, however this is my Saturday post. It is way past my bedtime but I was at a Breast Cancer event tonight and just got home. Today was great. I slept in a little bit, watched some tv, got my son up and we went to breakfast and ran some errands. I felt good most of the day. Of course I started to get tired around 2 or so. Took a quick nap and had to get up in time to watch the Noles. I should have stayed asleep as bad as the game was. We did tie it up but couldn't hold on. Anyway, I went to an event called Cards for the Cure. It was to benefit the cancer center at our hospital. They had silent auction, live auction, poker, open bar, a band, it was nice. It was like a cocktail party. Lots of interesting dresses and attire. I asked my sister in law to go with me. I bid on two items and ended up buying them. One is a painted sign that says "celebrate" and the other was a pink basket with pink ribbon items (visor, socks, umbrella, scarf, bracelet and a vera bradley mini purse). One of the local high schools was challenged by their principal for one week to try to raise $10,000. Rather than going into the long story - they ended up raising $26,000. in one week. One more day of rest and the week starts all over again. Enjoy your Sunday.

Quite an interesting day. Being that I was up a little late last night, I was quite tired this morning. By about 10:00 I was leaning back in my chair with my eyes closed and ready to go to sleep. I didn't think I would make it to 1:00 and thought I might go home after treatment today. A few of the girls at work were going to lunch so I decided to go with them, then go to treatment so I woke up and started to get a bit more energized. Besides, I had plans to meet some friends after work for dinner and didn't want to go home then come back to where I was. Things went as usual at treatment and I moved my 3 band, representing 3 weeks of radiation done. 4 weeks left. Seems like a lot (21 days). Ok, so about 3:00, the boss came by my desk, had a package for my office mate, who left early. It was cookies from the car dealer she just bought her car from. He was wanting cookies, so I suggested we go across the street to the best bakery and get some snacks. So we did. Afternoon cupcakes. Yum. Well the funny of the day came about 4:30. I was in my boss' office going over a few files he wanted me to do. Someone told us to look out the window and OMG. There was a guy (high school age) being tied to the tree outside by 3 girls and a guy (also high school age) and they were drawing something on his face. It was quite funny. So several of us stood around to watch out the window and see what happened. The 4 kids left and this guy was just hanging out tied to the tree. My boss parks his car close to where the kids was so he decided to set off his alarm. Hilarious. I know, mean, but pretty stinkin' funny. Finally a lady from the building across the street came and cut him lose. We think it was homecoming week for the school he went to. Ok, so I stayed at work a little late then met some friends for dinner. It was great food and company and I had a great time. It was nice to get out with friends and have grown up time for a change. Thanks girls. Off to bed to catch up on some sleep. Happy Friday and wear your pink.